For New Edge Sword & Sorcery Novellas 2026 we still have several failed credit card charges, so you may wish to check if your pledge has gone through.
If it hasn't, you can comment beneath this update and we'll respond, or perhaps first you can check out this help page for ways you may be able to resolve the issue yourself: https://help.backerkit.com/category/616-payment
Meanwhile, work proceeds apace! Caster Jones, for example, is already hard at work on the maps for each novella...
We unlocked every stretch goal, invented new ones, and unlocked one of those!
Right now backers are being charged for their pledges.
Backers will be charged for shipping approx. four weeks before fulfillment. This is also likely when surveys will be sent out to collect necessary information such as mailing addresses, though the surveys may come sooner.
Our current goal for fulfillment is April 2027, so expect to be charged for shipping in early March 2027 at the earliest. Backers in Canada will have a $5 USD shipping discount, all other backers living outside the United States will have a $10 USD shipping discount.
All backers are cordially invited to join our New Edge Sword & Sorcery Discord server through the link you'll find in the "Backer Only Content" section way at the bottom of this update.
Though we'll be much quieter for a little while, if you'd like more regular updates and other fun info, we can be followed on Bluesky, Facebook, andInstagram. Keep an eye on them, or join our newsletter.
More than anything else we do in a year, this crowdfund has been about our love, love, love for classic Sword & Sorcery mass-market paperbacks. Thank you so much for helping us bring more into the world!
As a publisher, strong communication with your authors is key.
As mentioned above, our goal is to fulfill the crowdfund in April, 2027. With a new layout & design member joining our staff and all four manuscripts in hand earlier than last time, we're feeling good about meeting that goal. Our printer being in the same state as our storage is another big factor working in our favor.
As ever, should there be delays we will keep you informed.
Please do join The New Edge Sword & Sorcery Discord (Link at the bottom, in the Backers Only Content), a great online hang-out that I'd love to see your digital faces in, a fun spot to chat about our publications, Sword & Sorcery in general, and otherwise connect with your fellow readers, writers, artists, and more.
It's also a breeding ground for goofs like how Meatball Subs Are The Only Real Sandwich, and the only time I get to eat one is when we've finished funding new Sword & Sorcery!
It feels good to watch our family of novellas grow! And this year's will have twice as much interior art...
Alright, that's all from me for now. Please make sure to read through IN SHORT for the practical details of what's happening with charging backers for pledges, charging for shipping, and more.
Keep your swords sharp, and your sorcery numinous,
You CRUSHED those custom dinkuses late last night, and so the mystery stretch goal is revealed...
NEW MYSTERIES TO SOLVE...
Oh yes! There are now three mystery stretch goals, and if we unlock Double Art then all three shall be revealed!
TONIGHT!
Don't forget that tonight at 7pm EST, right at the top of the crowdfund, there will be a livestream interview with the author of LONG IS THE NIGHT - Audrey Stollings!
Now every digital backer will receive a PDF, and every physical format backer will receive a risograph-printed and stapled 'zine containing 17,000 words telling four stories of Zeynep & Kawtar!
NEXT STRETCH GOAL..."CUSTOM DINKUSES"???
Don't worry, a dinkus isn't rude, it's that symbol or line you sometimes see which is used in manuscripts to denote a significant break within the work between major sections. In our recently released novella WHAT ROUGH BEAST? (available as an add-on) we used this:
No shame in that game! But now, thanks to you, all four of our 2026 novellas will instead use a custom illustration by each of their respective interior illustrators for their dinkuses...dinkus....dinkii? Y-you get the idea.
OKAY, SO WHAT'S THE "MYSTERY STRETCH GOAL"?
You'll have to unlock Custom Dinkuses to find out...but with the crowdfund ending on Saturday at 12pm EST and us already having made some progress on this stretch goal...I think the mystery is likely to be revealed!
FINAL LIVESTREAM...
Friday, Sept 25th aka tomorrow at 7pm EST I'll sit down with LONG IS THE NIGHT author Audrey Stollings to talk S&S, her novella, what the heck even is "Acid Gothic", and more! Please join us for this right at the top of the crowdfund.
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